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  1. Jopal78
    Bassitt is still available, right? He’ll be 37 shortly, but was much better than Quintana last year. He probably has his choice of one year deals, and is holding out for a multi-year offer but would be the best fit for Milwaukee. The rest of that list is pretty picked over and I wouldn’t be surprised if many of those pitchers retied. I don’t see anyone giving a guarantee to Mikolas, Buehler, Stroman, Morton, Gray (out for season), Corbin. Paddack is a tweener, stats say NRI but he’s still 29 so maybe a one year guarantee. If Verlander and Scherzer play in ‘26 they likely have destinations where they’d be willing to pitch and will wait until one of them comes calling.
  2. Jopal78
    There is a position that’s tasked with knowing the scouting report reports and other pro players in the league. It’s called the Director of pro personnel. For the Packers, it is Richmond Williams. I doubt any coaches know every player on all the teams in the NFL, but they probably would watch film if asked on certain players
  3. Jopal78
    They’ve cut it down to the bone in St. Louis, it will be interesting to see how long of a leash Chaim Bloom gets. I can’t imagine the Cardinals piling up 90 losses in consecutive seasons, yet I don’t see a way their talent is anything but last place unless Herrera, and Burleson suddenly turn into the best hitters in their division and they hit on a couple of pitching prospects all at the same time.
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    …. Matt Arnold is probably getting out his shopping cart.
  5. Jopal78
    I don’t think Saurez really lines up with the philosophy the Brewers have. They’ve made an obvious shift away from having a bunch of 3TO sluggers into contact hitters with early aggression, and pressure with motion on the bases. He would have easily lead the Brewers in Ks, (he struck out nearly 50 more times than Turang in the same number of PAs). His OBP would have bested only Joey Ortiz. Saurez hunts mistakes and often hits (and strikes out) from behind in the count, and his sprint speed is contrary to what the Brewers are trying to do offensively. That he only got a 1 year 15 million dollar deal after hitting 49 bombs and 28 doubles in 2025 indicates the rest of MLB has concerns about his game too.
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    They play for money. So as a general concept if a team wants to add talent they have to pay for it with cash, or the future potential from minor league players. With 162 games season and 7 game playoff series it is rare for a team to make the World Series and win as a fluke. Most often it’s the team with the most talent/depth. Being in the worst market, the Brewers are a bit more conservative than most because the value of being competitive year in and year out is more than “going for broke” to win it all then spending several seasons as a second division team rebuilding. They just had the best record in baseball last season yet it was not even one of the 10 best seasons attendance wise. If fan interest is stagnant/warning when they’re a top team in the league, imagine what would happen if there was sustained losing for several years?
  7. Jopal78
    How many luxury suites are they going to lease when Giannis isn’t there an a bunch of nobody’s are getting their lunch fed to them nightly as the team drifts rudderlessly searching for their next superstar? It’s too bad they mortgaged the future to keep him around and are now looking to trade him anyways, and a Giannis trade immediately puts Milwaukee back into irrelevance. .
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    Turang will be 30 by the time he’s eligible for free agency too. He’d need to pick up his game even more to be worth an extension into his mid to late 30s.
  9. Jopal78
    Maybe money? Brewers have $3.1 million in bonus money invested in Wilken, $1.3 million in Pratt. Probably makes sense to be a little more deliberate with a college player they have a good chunk of bonus money invested into, than automatically clearing the decks for the 20 year olds.
  10. Jopal78
    Take a look at 2016 then. MLB Pipeline had their system ranked #1 in the mid season rankings. Yet, just 3 players out of their Top 10 went on to become regular contributors for the Brewers (Hader Arcia, and Williams). 2 never saw the major leagues (Gilbert Lara, Kodi Medeiros. Grisham was traded away. The other four were fringey major leaguers who were traded by Milwaukee and subsequently released/put on waivers by their new club, then bounced from organization to organization (Cody Ponce, Brett Phillips, Jorge Lopez and Jacob Nottingham). Prospect love is cool especially to keep hot stove going, but the real probability that more than a couple of the Brewers current crop of heralded prospects pan out as regular contributors in Milwaukee is slim.
  11. Jopal78
    I chose 2020 because that year is mature. We know what happened to those players. 2021 might be the last mature year, and there are six players in the Top 10 who aren’t in the Brewers plan anymore. It’s math 50% or more aren’t going to make it, unless like I said, it’s nice in a lifetime luck and the Brewers are busting at the seams with talent.
  12. Jopal78
    Take a look at the Brewers Top prospect list from 2020. Four of their Top 10 never saw the majors (Tristen Lutz, Antoine Kelly, Eduardo Perez and Herbert Kelly) three made token appearances for the Brewers (Small, Corey Ray, Feliciano), one was traded (Rasmussen) and Turang and Ashby are regulars in Milwaukee. Point being, unless they are once in a lifetime lucky, it is an inevitability that some of these prospects will flame out before Milwaukee and some will be flipped for different players, and who plays where will work itself out that way.
  13. Jopal78
    Maybe you’ve seen him play, I haven’t seen him play. However, Keith Law has seen him play and writes, Pratt needs to develop power and make better quality contact to be more than a soft regular in the major leagues. So there’s someone, certainly with some credibility, who has seen him play that’s questioning the potential of the bat.
  14. Jopal78
    A sub .350 slugging percentage will and should raise questions about the future potential of the bat.
  15. Jopal78
    They’re not going to have their 3rd best prospect (Williams) debut in the majors as bench player. Mitchell and Ortiz are going to get another chance in CF and SS if for no other reason to try to rebuild value before the organization moves on. As such, they’ll likely play Williams in ST everyday then option him to AAA to get regular playing time in CF. Lockridge moves to RF in Nashville
  16. Jopal78
    How about better players. Perkins and Koenig are major leaguers but of the “nice to have” kind and definitely not the type where someone is trading major league assets to get them.
  17. Jopal78
    It could be simply that Montgomery is waiting to see what his last best offer is. He was terrible in 2024 before hurting his elbow in 2025 so the suitors and terms maybe limited. Zack Littel and Chris Bassit would be 2nd tier free agents who could make sense for a veteran starter for the Brewers, but both are probably out of Milwaukee’s price range. They’re probably better off trying to get a veteran bat or two on a one year deal than more starting pitching.
  18. Jopal78
    Fan puffery to the extent of calling one team’s “lab” better than the others or ‘the best’. For example, Seattle has the same type of system and reputation for cranking out quality pitchers and improving pitchers who come to their organization, besides due to bias how can anyone objectively say Milwaukee’s “lab” is better? Which isn’t to say compared to a team like the Angels (who reportedly are less invested in biomechanics and motion capture) the Brewers are cutting edge. And for a franchise that’s not going to have multiple 30 million dollar AAV contracts, the biomechanics/motion capture pitching “lab” is kind of table stakes if the franchise wants to be competitive.
  19. Jopal78
    Right, and pro sports are copy cat leagues. If the Brewers had some sort of culture which was known to give them an edge, teams would identify someone who is a part of that culture, hire them away to build their own culture for a new team. It happens all the time, other teams catch up and you have to find the next angle for that edge.
  20. Jopal78
    If you say so. If there was a “proven method” that the Brewers utilized or had more skilled people in the lab than other team, are you telling us thier lab folks are just plugging away year after year and no attempts have been made to poach them by other teams for more money, professional advancement etc? The more likely is the haves (who have the equipment and know how to use it) and the haves nots, and there isn’t a quantifiable way you can rank the haves.
  21. Jopal78
    It’s fan puffery to an extent. A pitching lab has high speed cameras, biomechanics equipment and software to evaluate spin, axis and movement to help work with a pitcher to develop, refine or discard pitches based on the data captured and recorded. 8-10 teams have one now, and it’s impossible to quantify if one is better than another. (Milwaukee’s lab is better than Seattle’s or Houston’s etc.)
  22. Jopal78
    Mickey Mantle. None of us are privy to what they were offered or by whom or even what teams were truly interested.. If the implication in your question is: this return was the best they were going to do, then making their division winning roster from 2025 worse in the short run for “potential“ gains in the future is a risky move, and perhaps they should have held on to Peralta for awhile longer. But like I said, the Brewers seem to know what they’re doing so they’re gonna get the benefit of the doubt.
  23. Jopal78
    Keyword “potentially”. It’s fine, they got 2 players they really like for their best trade chip They’re not going to say anything other than how excited they are. I think objectively it makes the 2026 team less talented, while it potentially makes the 2027 and beyond teams better. I had hoped they’d get someone for Peralta that was plug and play at a position of need, but the front office seems to know what they’re doing so they get the benefit of the doubt.
  24. Jopal78
    Sproat maybe as a 5th starter. Most of the linked publications in this thread mention he struggles with command. I’d imagine he’ll compete with Gasser, Henderson, Carlos Rodriguez, DL Hall etc. but with the most options remaining will likely windup in AAA to start ‘26. Have yet to see any pundit or writer linked in this thread say Williams is MLB ready now.
  25. Jopal78
    They’re not so hot for Williams: markers suggesting a below average hit tool and utility role
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